Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein.
, a documentary filmmaker who was an actor at the time of her alleged rape and is now married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, provided the most dramatic moments at the trial so far with her emotional testimony.
“We are nearing the end of this case if you haven’t already picked up on that fact," Lench told the jurors, who will get Thanksgiving week off and return for testimony by defense witnesses on Nov. 28. Once the jury was excused, Weinstein's lawyer entered a new not guilty plea for him to an amended indictment that drops four of the 11 previous counts against him. The move became necessary when prosecutors said earlier this week that the accuser known in court as Jane Doe #5 would not be appearing to testify and that the counts would no longer be pursued. They would not give a reason when asked.
In moving to have them dismissed, Weinstein attorney Alan Jackson went through the seven remaining counts against his client, and provided a likely preview of the defense's closing arguments.an Italian model known at the trial as Jane Doe 1
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